Govt awards national highways projects worth over Rs 1 lakh cr

As many as 599 highways projects have been sanctioned and about 12,903 km of national highways have been awarded entailing estimated expenditure of Rs 1.08 lakh crore under the present government.

Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “During the present government, 599 new projects were sanctioned and about 12,903 km length of national highways were awarded for which likely expenditure will be to the tune of Rs 1,08,483 crore”.

Regular meetings of infrastructure committee, he said, are being conducted for clearing bottlenecks related to land acquisition, utility shifting, non-availability of soil/ aggregate, environment/forest/wild life clearances and others. Read More…